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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Sunrise and Moon Set

I watched the sun rise and the moon begin to set at Hopkinton State Park this morning.

I spent my lunch break at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land, where the trails are getting down to mud in many spots, but with quite a bit of packed ice still on the hills. I used my Microspikes to be on the safe side.

I saw a nice variety of birds today, including:

American Crow

American Goldfinch

Black-Capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Dark-Eyed Junco

Eastern Bluebird

House Finch

House Sparrow

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker

Northern Mockingbird

Song Sparrow

Tufted Titmouse

Turkey Vulture

I also saw three rabbits, and one of them was frozen in place (the other two were running through the underbrush). I had stopped for birds and spotted it in my peripheral vision.

What could be better than an Eastern Bluebird sitting in the midst of budded maple tree branches against a blue sky backdrop?